Attachment for grain-binders.



A. ANDERSON.

ATTACHMENT FOR GRAIN BINDERS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1915.

1,931,69Un Patented July 3, 1917.

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ANDY ANDERSON, 0F HOBART, OKLAHOMA, ASSIGNOR OF FOR'IY-NINE ONE-HUNDREDTHS TO GUST ELLVVANGER, OF HOBART, OKLAHOMA.

ATTACHMENT FOR GRAIN-BINDERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1917.

Application filed September 23, 1915. Serial No. 52,251.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, ANDY ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hobart, in the county of Kiowa and State of Oklahoma, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments forGrain-Binders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make anduse thesame.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in grain binders,and more particularly to an attachment for grain binders, whereby grainthat has become flattened and tangled from rains or wind, may besuccessfully reaped without the loss of a considerable portion of thecrop.

A further object of the. invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which is simple and durable in construction, inexpensivetomanufacture and one that will be very efiieient in operation.

lVith these and numerous other objects in view my invention consists ofthe novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of partswhich will be herein referred to and more particularly pointed out inthe specification and claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my attachment applied to a binder; V

Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section taken on the line 22of Fig. 3; and,

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a portion of the platform of the binder showingmy attachment applied to the same.

In describing my invention I shall refer to the drawings in whichsimilar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views, and in which the letter B designates a binder, whichis of the ordinary type having a platform 1, I

a carrier apron 2 with the usual type of reciprocating knife 3, andsickle guards 4:. This binder has mounted thereon the usual type of reel5 which is adapted to rotate, and to operate in a manner well known tothose skilled in the use of these machines.

My grain lifting attachment consists of a longitudinally disposed rod 6which has an eye 7 formed at its rear end, and is secured thereby to thebottom of the platform 1, by means of a bo t or r t as clearly shown inFig. 2 of the drawings. The rod 6 has its rear portion which isdesignated by the numeral 9 slightly bowed downward intermediate itsends, so that the same will be carried under the forward edge of theplatform 1. At a point on the rod 6 which is designated by the numeral10 where the bowed rear portion 9 of the same connects with the forwardportion of the rod, is welded a socket 11 which is adapted to receivethe point of the sickle guard 4. The above described construction willafford a two point means of securing the rod 6 firmly and securely intoengagement with the binder, so that the same will not be easilydisplaced therefrom.

The portion of the rod that projects for wardly beyond the socket 11,and which is designated by the numeral 12 is disposed in the samehorizontal plane as the platform 1, and the forward extremity 13 of thesaid extension is curved upwardly a short distance for a purpose to behereinafter more fully described. Extending upwardly and rearwardly froma point adjacent the curved extremity 13 of the rod 6 is a grain carrierbar 14, which has its free end 15 straightened as clearly shown in Figs.1 and 2 of the drawings. This grain carrier bar 14: is formed integralwith the rod 6, and is disposed in the same vertical plane therewith.The carrier bar 1 1 extends rearwardly to a point spaced above andadjacent to the outer edge of the apron 2 011 the platform 1 of thebinder.

In operation when it is desired to use my attachment on a binder, wherethe grain to be reaped has been flattened by rain or wind, a pluralityof these attachments are placed on the binder, in laterally spacedrelation to one another as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. Thebest position of these attachments has been found to be every foot alongthe edge of the sickle guards, that is one attachment to every thirdguard. lVhen so positioned the attachments will project forward in frontof the binder, and the upwardly curved forward extremity 18 of the samewill be positioned a short distance from the ground, so that they willengage and lift all the grain that has been beaten down and lies closeto the ground. When engaged by the forward end of the attachment thegrain will be carried along t Same y the carri r ar 1 a the d r reachedby the binder. These attachments form an easy and simple means forlifting the said grain when flattened and tangled, and owing to thesimplicity of construction, and ease by which they may be secured andremoved, will be found to form a very simple and eflicient device ofthis character.

From the foregoing description of the construction of my improved binderattachment the manner of applying the same to use and the operationthereof will be readily understood and it will be seen that I haveprovided a simple, inexpensive and eflicient means for carrying out theobjects of this invention.

It is to be particularly noted that in applicants device the downwardlybowed portion of the main bar of the attachment eX- tends forwardly toand terminates a short distance in advance of an adjacent guard fingerin substantially the same horizontal plane as said finger, and that thebar itself is not recessed in any way which might tend to weaken it, butthat there is a strong socket member 11 with a deep socket receiving theforward end of the adjacent guard finger, said socket member extendingrearwardlv in a horizontal plane from the bar being formed as at theforward end of the downwardly bowed portion thereof, said socket membera distinct element projecting rearwardly from the bar, althoughintegrally connected thereto by having the bowed portion of the barextending to a point slightly in front of the adjacent guard finger. Byhaving the strong socket mem- Copies of this patent may be obtained forif ber 11 projecting rearwardly in a horizontal plane from the bar rightat this point and fit firmly over and around the forward extremity ofthe guard finger, a very strong structure is produced and one which willnot be liable to break down when subjected to the, comparatively hardservice incidental to the actual use of an attachment of this character.

I claim as my invention: 7

In a binder, the combination with the platform and sickle guardsthereof, of an attachment comprising a barhaving a downwardly bowed rearportion rigidlysecured at its rear extremity to the underside of theplatform, said bowed portion extending forward underneath the guardfingers to a point slightly in advance of the forwardextremi tiesthereof and to the same horizontal plane as said fingers, the barextending forward in a horizontal plane from the downwardly bowedportion and having its forward ex tremity curved upwardly, an integralcarryfrom the forward end of the first named bar, and a socket memberdistinct from the and entirely surrounding the forward end of theadjacent sickle guard.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ANDY ANDERSON. Witnesses Josnrrr H. CLINE, HoRAo A. JoNEs.

five cents each, o addressing theCommissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

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